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A federal judge says Iowa for now cannot continue to enforce part of its book ban law.
A federal judge has ruled that a Columbia University student who faces potential deportation for participating in a pro-Palestinian protest cannot be detained by immigration officials for now.
Governors in several Republican-led states are pressing the Trump administration to cut the strings attached to their federal education aid, a goal conservatives have long dreamed of that now appears within reach as President Donald Trump moves to dismantle the Education Department.
As colleges and universities respond to Trump administration directives to change how they operate, educators worry that fewer international students will want to study in the U.S.
Edgewood Independent School District officials said a suspect is in custody after allegedly making multiple threats toward three specific schools within the district over the weekend.
The Community Health Committee voted unanimously Monday to advance a proposal to forbid tobacco retail shops, including vape shops, from setting up business within 1,000 feet of a school, daycare, or institution of higher learning. The idea will now go to the zoning commission for consideration before a vote by the full city council.
One of Republican Patrick Morrisey’s first moves as West Virginia governor was to issue an executive order allowing families to apply for religious exemptions to mandated childhood vaccinations.
In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Bexar County Historical Commission is honoring 21 women who have had SAISD schools named after them. A traveling exhibit will showcase these women’s stories on how they helped shape education right here in San Antonio.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing people’s private data at the Education Department, the Treasury Department and the Office of Personnel Management.
Around the globe, hotter temperatures stoked by climate change are increasing the odds of both severe drought and heavier precipitation that can wreak havoc on people and the environment.
U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon says Columbia University is “on the right track” to recover federal funding frozen by the Trump administration.
Texas y muchos estados del sur están entre los lugares con la mayor cantidad de empleos de soldadura en el país, según datos de Welding Workforce.
Columbia University agreed to implement a host of policy changes, including overhauling its rules for protests and conducting an immediate review of its Middle Eastern studies department.
The Northside American Federation of Teachers and the San Antonio Alliance have voiced strong opposition to President Donald Trump’s executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.
President Donald Trump’s order calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department has complex implications.
President Donald Trump has begun sketching a roadmap for dismantling the Education Department, with other agencies taking over responsibility for federal student loans and programs serving students with disabilities.
The U.S. Education Department says it is investigating dozens of universities for alleged racial discrimination, citing ties to a nonprofit organization that has helped Black and Latino students pursue business degrees.
President Donald Trump's executive order to deconstruct the U.S. Department of Education raises concerns about the future of financial aid and protections for students with disabilities.
Since it was created in 1979, the Education Department has enjoyed enough bipartisan support to keep it in business, with some Republicans even embracing its role in funding and shaping public schools.
A federal judge has ordered Columbia University and Barnard College to refrain from complying with a Republican-led House committee’s demand for student disciplinary records, at least until he holds a hearing next week on a request by Mahmoud Khalil and other students for a temporary restraining order.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has been added to the list of government agencies targeted by President Donald Trump.
McCollum High School boys' basketball coach Marcus Alvarado is under investigation by the Texas Education Agency, KSAT Investigates confirmed Thursday.
Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a GOP-backed bill to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the state's public universities.
Texas and many southern states are among the places where most of the welding jobs are in the country, according to data from Welding Workforce.
A federal judge has ordered immigration officials not to deport a Georgetown University scholar that the government detained until the court has had a chance to rule.
Texas is well below the national average when it comes to the percentage of vulnerable kids who have an adult mentor in their lives, a study shows.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for the dismantling of the Education Department.
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is tapping into his state's love of college basketball to promote his drug prevention campaign aimed at young people.
The Trump administration has suspended approximately $175 million in federal funding for the University of Pennsylvania over a transgender swimmer who last competed for the school in 2022.
Confronted with huge cuts to its federal funding, Columbia University’s leaders face a grim decision: They can yield to the Trump administration’s demands over allegations of antisemitism — ceding extraordinary control to the federal government — or they can fight back, potentially risking even more debilitating cuts in an escalating clash.
A federal appeals court in Cincinnati has heard arguments in a legal dispute that pits a suburban Ohio school district’s gender pronoun policy against the free speech rights of classmates who believe there are only two genders.
The final four schools in the Read to the Final Four competition will be announced Wednesday, but San Antonio third graders are celebrating a significant milestone.
A Columbia University student arrested and threatened with deportation for his role in campus protests against Israel gave his first public statement, saying that his detention is indicative of “anti-Palestinian racism” demonstrated by both the Trump and Biden administrations.
The South San Independent School District Board has officially approved the contract for its new superintendent, Saul Hinojosa.
For parents of kids with disabilities, advocating for their child can be complicated, time-consuming — and expensive.
Reductions to federal support for research at universities and other institutions under President Donald Trump are dimming young scientists’ prospects, cutting off pathways to career-building projects and graduate programs.
More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs his officials say exclude white and Asian American students.
The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the school unless it cedes control of an international studies department and implements sweeping changes to other policies.
The proposed legislation aims to establish Education Savings Accounts, sparking debate over tuition coverage and equity in Texas' educational landscape.
The Trump administration’s recent changes to student loans are causing frustration and confusion for some borrowers.
Universities across the U.S. have announced hiring freezes due to the risk of federal funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s administration.
A coalition of Democratic-led states is challenging the Trump administration’s layoffs across the Education Department, saying it amounts to an illegal dismantling of an agency created by Congress.
The power has been restored after authorities at Texas Tech University said an explosion inside a maintenance hole set off fires and power outages on the campus, leading school officials to issue evacuation orders for several buildings and cancel classes for the rest of the week.
Since being appointed the South San Antonio Independent School District’s new superintendent, Dr. Saul Hinojosa has hit the ground running.
The U.S. Agriculture Department is ending two pandemic-era programs that provided more than $1 billion for schools and food banks to purchase food from local farmers and producers.
The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs, effectively gutting an office that already faced a backlog of thousands of complaints from students and families across the country.
Schools are turning to AI-powered surveillance technology to monitor students on school-issued devices like laptops and tablets.
As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the Education Department, officials have suggested other agencies could take over its major responsibilities.
When protests over the Israel-Hamas war took root on Columbia University’s campus last spring, Mahmoud Khalil became a familiar, outspoken figure in a student movement that soon spread to other U.S. colleges.
In response to a crash at a Montessori school in Bexar County that killed a 1-year-old girl and a preschool teacher, State Representative Ray Lopez has filed a bill to enhance safety measures at childcare centers across Texas.
The Education Department plans to lay off more than 1,300 of its employees as part of an effort to halve the organization’s staff -- a prelude to President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the agency.
A federal judge in Boston has blocked the Trump administration’s plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training, finding cuts are already affecting training programs aimed at addressing a nationwide teacher shortage.
Dozens of educators, including several from San Antonio, convened at the Texas Capitol on Monday to voice their opposition to school choice vouchers.
The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights is best known for enforcing disability rights across America’s schools, but under President Donald Trump it’s being reshaped into a frontline figure in the president’s political battles.
President Donald Trump is warning that the arrest and possible deportation of a Palestinian activist who helped lead protests at Columbia University will be the first “of many to come” as his administration cracks down on protests against the war in Gaza.
The U.S. State Department has frozen funding indefinitely for thousands of scholars participating in long-established cross-cultural programs connecting the U.S. to other parts of the world.
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.
Facing the potential loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, Duke University is preparing for the worst.
A San Antonio Independent School District counselor recently took a spin on Wheel of Fortune, fulfilling a lifelong dream she first discovered when her sister appeared on the iconic game show 10 years ago.
Over the last three years, the head of a small charter school network that serves fewer than 1,000 students has taken home up to $870,000 annually, a startling amount that appears to be the highest for any public school superintendent in the state and among the top in the nation.
President Donald Trump is ordering changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program that would disqualify workers of nonprofit groups deemed to have engaged in “improper” activities.
A federal judge says he won't order immigration authorities to revert to a Biden-era policy limiting arrests at schools after officials in Denver challenged new policies from the Trump administration.
In an overhaul of an agency President Donald Trump has described as being infiltrated by “radicals, zealots and Marxists,” the Education Department cut $600 million in grants to teacher training programs, which it characterized as supporting divisive ideologies.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for a plan to shut down of the Education Department, an agency Republicans have talked about closing for decades.
Attorneys seeking approval of the $2.8 billion legal settlement for college sports pointed to nearly 102,000 athletes who signed up to receive damages from the action, while batting down objections to what they described as the “intergalactic paradigm shift” the settlement will create across the NCAA.
Columbia University has become the first target in President Donald Trump’s campaign to cut federal money to colleges accused of tolerating antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war.
Some Georgia lawmakers are trying to get rid of automated cameras that enforce school zone speed limits, saying the cameras are more about making money than the safety of children.
The Floresville Independent School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Monday in favor of implementing a hybrid four-day school week for the 2025-2026 school year.
Nearly a month after Our Lady of the Lake University told students it would be cutting some degree programs, the school still refuses to say exactly which programs or how many faculty and students would be affected.
The Senate has rejected legislation aiming to bar transgender women and girls from participating in school athletic competitions designated for female athletes.
As the BexarFest screening approaches, students at Stevens High School are hard at work on their latest project, collaborating with the Alamo Area Teen Suicide Prevention Coalition.
The Supreme Court is turning back a challenge from conservative college students who say their freedom of speech is violated by a university program for reporting allegations of bias.
The Senate has voted to confirm former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as the nation’s education chief, a role that places her atop a department President Donald Trump has vowed to dismantle.
San Antonio Independent School District has spent nearly a half million dollars on just one expense since 2022: a consultant, records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
New York’s governor ordered a state school to remove a job posting for a Palestinian studies teaching position this week, saying she wanted to ensure “antisemitic theories” would not be taught.
Students in Bangladesh who led a mass uprising to topple former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August are now diving into politics by forming a new political party.
A Seguin student who struggled with bullying in school is now thriving in virtual learning after his mother found an option that improved his learning experience.
The South San Antonio Independent School District’s new superintendent discussed future plans, including adding new school buses and providing bonuses for district teachers.
Poth ISD’s superintendent says his district may adapt, but questions remain about how vouchers will impact rural education.
Moms Demand Action Texas is rallying over 20 groups from across the state to the steps of the state capitol in Austin, where lawmakers are in session.
